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| Compiled on May 13, 2013, 06:16 PM CET |
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Iranian Foreign Minister Salehi
'We Condemn Chemical Weapons' In a SPIEGEL interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi discusses the civil war in Syria, his government's "condemnation" of chemical weapons and his belief that Tehran is in a strong position to initiate negotiations for a settlement between the opposition and government in Damascus. |
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World From Berlin
'The West Can No Longer Avoid Reacting' A deadly double bombing in Turkey on Saturday has increased fears that Syria's civil war is spilling over into neighboring countries. It's time for the West to reach a common approach to the conflict, German media commentators say. |
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Shadows from the Past
Pedophile Links Haunt Green Party In the 1980s, some members of Germany's Green Party advocated the legalization of sex with minors. Now the party wants to come to terms with this dark chapter via an independent review of internal documents -- some of which show that the influence of pedophiles on the young party was much stronger than previously thought. |
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'Hurried Action'
Germany Criticized for Late Push on War Criminals Last week's arrest of a 93-year-old on suspicion of abetting murder as a guard at Auschwitz is part of a late push by German authorities to bring lower-ranking Nazi helpers to justice. Legal experts say they should have -- and could have -- done so decades ago. |
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'Violation of Treaties'
Berlin Wary of ECB Plan to Help Southern Europe The European Central Bank would like to encourage banks in Southern Europe to issue more loans. But Berlin is concerned that a planned move to trigger such lending could violate EU treaties. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has hit the brakes. |
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Charity Gone Wrong
Old Clothes Donation Contains 14,000 Euros A man who dumped some old garments in a clothes container found he had been a little more charitable than he intended this weekend. He accidentally tossed 14,000 euros into the bin along with his hand-me-downs. A frantic search involving the police and fire department ensued. |
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NSU Trial Adjournment
Victims' Lawyers Should Stop Fanning Outrage Relatives of the victims of the NSU terror cell were furious that the trial was adjourned last week so the judge could consider a defense motion of bias against him. But the victims' lawyers criticized this legitimate instrument. They are giving their clients exaggerated expectations and should know better. |
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Euro Crisis Report
Berlin Wants Ailing Nations To Speed up Reforms The European Commission wants to give countries like France and Spain more time to reduce their debts, but the German government wants them to speed up. A report written by Chancellery staff and seen by SPIEGEL says reforms are lagging and lists the shortcomings of Southern European countries. |
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Canceled Opera Director
'I Wasn't Ridiculing Holocaust Victims' A recent staging of Richard Wagner's "Tannhäuser" at Düsseldorf's Deutsche Oper am Rhein was withdrawn when protests broke out during and after the premier. The director of the production, Burkhard Kosminski, 51, discusses the controversy and why he decided to set the opera in the Third Reich. |
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